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New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty

New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty

Mead, Lawrence M.

Paperback

Poverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0815756518
ISBN13: 9780815756514
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: Oct 1 1997
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.05
Language: English

If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more self-reliant society tomorrow? That's the critical question as government increasingly seeks to supervise the lives of poor citizens who are dependent on it, often in return for supporting them. This trend is most visible in welfare policy, where welfare reform largely means attempts to require adults receiving assistance to work or stay in school in return for aid. However, it can also be seen in policy toward the homeless, where shelters increasingly set rules for their residents; in education, where states have instituted tougher standards for children; and in drug programs that test addicts for compliance. The drift in antipoverty policy is toward paternalism--the close supervision of the dependent.

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